The Last Drop (2005)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Colin Teague

Writers:

Colin Teague (writer)
Gary Young (writer)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | War

Tagline:

The fog of war... what better time for a robbery?

Plot:

Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Laurence Fox	...	SS Major Kessler
Louis Dempsey	...	Snyder
Lucy Gaskell	...	Benitta
Coral Beed	...	Saskia
Andrew Howard	...	Cpl Edward Banks
Jack Dee	...	Warren
Neil Newbon	...	Cpl Rhys Powell
Nick Moran	...	Pvt Alan Ives
Rafe Spall	...	Pvt. David Wellings
Tommy Flanagan	...	Pvt Dennis Baker
Sean Pertwee	...	Sgt Bill McMillan
Billy Zane	...	Flt Sgt Robert Oates
Neil Jackson	...	Flt Sgt Simkins
Steve Speirs	...	Gustav Hansfeldt
Agathe de La Boulaye	...	Katrina

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Carnaby International

Goofs:

Factual errors: Takeoff scenes with glider being towed shows a proper Brit Lancaster towing the proper Brit glider. In-air scenes are of the glider being towed by Yank Dakota C-47. And they are instructed to "take a new heading of southeast at 279 degrees." 279 degrees is the reciprocal of southeast and is actually the direction of north northwest.

Quotes:

Cpl Ives: I know your face. North Africa, Royal Engineers, Black Watch. Horrible time it was. You get sand in places you never knew you had.

A good watchable film

The Last Drop. This was a good and sometimes funny war/action film about a plan to end the war by Christmas by having "Operation Market Garden". In this operation, a large number of troops get dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland. The film concentrates on one unit called "Matchbox". Matchbox get shot down and the soldiers (from all walks of life) find themselves separated from the rest of the allied invasion. They meet up again and again with German soldiers who also want some of the loot to be had. The film includes some good performances from well known actors together with some not so well known plus a well written script which has made this a good film to watch all round. Performances from the likes of Billy Zane and Michael Madsen were as expected. David Ginola also proved that he was very capable of acting as well as scoring great goals! If you like war films or just have some time to spare... watch this one. Phil.